Spark in the Dark

Just like Jax had said, Shawn was released the next morning. Tig was waiting out front for her and handed her a helmet when she walked over to him.

"You going to say anything?" Shawn asked after she put it on.

"You should have hit her harder," Tig told her, being completely serious. He got on the bike.

"Really? That's it?"

"What? You want me to yell at you?"

"No, but Jesus, parent me a little bit," Shawn said with a laugh.

"Since when have I ever been good at that?"

"You're fine, Dad," Shawn said and got on the back of his bike.

Tig started the bike and pulled out of the police station's parking lot. They rode straight to TM where he parked in his usual spot. Shawn got off first and removed her helmet. She handed it to Tig and he placed it on his handlebars. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and they walked towards the clubhouse.

"I'm proud of you, kid," Tig told her.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah, you really handled that. Lot of girls around here would have fallen apart."

"You mean like Cherry?"

"Exactly."

Tig opened the door to the clubhouse and held it open for Shawn. She walked in and headed for the bar. Juice was sitting there with his laptop in front of him. He saw her before anyone else.

"Hey, Rocky," Juice greeted Shawn.

Everyone else there saw her and began cheering for her.

"Alright, alright," she blew them off and sat at the bar. Gemma set a cup of coffee in front of her. "You're a saint."

"No really, Shawn," Bobby said behind her. Shawn turned to look at him. "You just did what we have all been dying to do for weeks."

"Never send a man to do a woman's job," Gemma said.

"Hell yeah. I like that," Shawn said to her and raised her coffee cup to her.

"Here," Opie said and held out his hand to her. "I think you can have this back."

Shawn opened her hand and Opie put a key in her hand. "Oh, my God! Is this the key to Unser's cop car?"

"Yup," Opie said with a big smile on his face.

"I can't believe you still have this."

"What exactly happened that you two stole a cop car?" Juice asked.

"I didn't steal shit," Opie defended himself.

"But it is still all your fault," Shawn pointed out to Opie before answering Juice's question. "We were hanging out one night. Walking around, minding our own business, when we saw the cruiser in front of coffee shop-"

"Where was Jax that night?" Gemma asked.

"He was bang... Hanging out with Tara," Shawn said awkwardly. "Anyways, I said wouldn't it be funny if we stole it and Opie said I was too much of a chicken to. He even clucked like a chicken at me. So, I basically had to do it."

"I never told you to go do donuts in the football field," Opie pointed out.

"It was a cop car! Donuts! Does no one get that joke?" Shawn asked and Juice laughed.

"How did you get it in the stadium, though?" Opie asked.

"A magician never tells their secrets," Shawn said and Opie rolled his eyes. "Where's my purse? My car keys are in there and I want to go home and shower. For, like, three days."

"I'll get it," Gemma said and went into another room for a moment. When she returned, she handed Shawn her bag.

"Thanks. See you guys later," Shawn told everyone and some of them called their goodbyes back. Shawn walked out to her car and got in. She pulled out her phone to check it for the first time in over a day. Right as she did, she received a text from Juice.

I can still come over tonight, right?

Shawn rolled her eyes and smiled.

You better.